The Silver Carpenter’s Pencil Award was founded in 2010 by the Foundation for the Hungarian Arts, at the initiative of architects Attila Komjáthy and his wife, Ilona Komjáthyné Kremnicsán. The recognition makes the press work for Hungarian architecture visible to the general public. It is awarded for quality journalistic activity appearing in printed or electronic […]
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What Lake Balaton Means for Me
Holiday Visitors’ Centre, Balatonfüred Architects: László Herczeg, Tamás Vörös DLA Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Fenes Gaining fame as the Esterházy Mansion in Balatonfüred, the history of the former holiday home dates from the late 18th century to the 1960s. The L-shaped building, built in 1782 in its first phase, was still a single-floor structure, […]
The Authenticity of the Site
Reconstruction of Wenckheim Castle, Szabadkígyós Architects: Csaba Balogh, Ágnes Deigner, Levente Sirokai, Péter Sónicz Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Levente Sirokai After the Wenckheim-Almásy Castle in Gyula, the Wenckheim Castle in Szabadkígyós became a place of arrival for both the family who built it and the architectural firm that managed the reconstruction. For Krisztina and Frigyes […]
Our Past Glory
Reconstruction of Tisza Castle, Geszt Architects: András Katona, András Zakariás, Tamás Zakariás Text: Eszter Götz, Domonkos Wettstein Photos: Balázs Danyi It took nine years of comprehensive development within the framework of the National Castle Programme to open the Tisza Castle in Geszt, the ancient home of the Tisza family, in the summer of 2024, after […]
Disciplined Play
Calvinist Kindergartens, Gyömrő, Dunaharaszti, Mándok Architect: Dezső Ekler Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In the shadow of the pandemic, several plans for Calvinist kindergartens were completed almost simultaneously in Dezső Ekler’s office to be built by autumn 2022. The kindergartens planned for various municipalities in the country are just like brothers and sisters. Their […]
Chirping
Madárhegyi Kindergarten, Budapest Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus Text: Marcell Szuhanyik Photos: Balázs Danyi Located in Budapest, Madárhegy has been an area earmarked for development for several decades, and the expansion of family life in the early 2000s, which was at its peak then, prompted people to move to the agglomeration. Newly built condominiums now […]
Clara et Distincta
TRUMPF Hungary Office building and showroom in Gödöllő Architecture: Barkow Leibinger Gesellschaft von Architekten, Óbuda Group Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Tamás Török / Topogram Based in Ditzingen, the German company, which has become international during its 100 years of existence, has been present in Hungary since 2013. Opened last year, its headquarters in Gödöllő’s Industrial […]
Boundless Inside and Out
GREE Office Building, Szarvas Architects: Zoltán Király, Zoltán Bozsik Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Attila Gulyás The GREE office building in Szarvas will house an additional branch of the tertiary sector and blend in with the architectural achievements of the Budapest office development previously planned by the firm, whilst not overriding its natural surroundings but blending […]
Austria Builder’s Prize 2024
Bauherrenpreis, Architektur in Ringturm, 2024. 12.04. –2025. 03. 07. Text: György Szegő Photos: Vienna Insurance Group The Architektur in Ringturm in Vienna presents the annual Austrian architectural production in the form of an exhibition and a publication. In 2024, 23 out of 119 registered entries were nominated for the Bauherrenpreis, with the involvement of regional […]
Épületlátogatás: Kelenföldi Fügefa Evangélikus Óvoda
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Feliratkozás a MÉSZ hírlevelére
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„Azzal érdemes foglalkozni, amivel értéket teremtünk” – Interjú Zsigmond László építésszel
Idén ősszel megválasztották a Magyar Művészeti Akadémia új levelező tagjait, köztük Zsigmond László Ybl Miklós-díjas építészt, Magyarország Érdemes Művészét is. Zsigmond László figyelemre méltó szakmai életutat tudhat a háta mögött. Jelentős hatással volt rá többek között Makovecz Imre és Csete György személyisége és munkássága. Veresegyház, Rácalmás és Mátészalka főépítészeként a települések fejlődését segítette és segíti […]